Recent food safety inspections at two Lansford businesses found several violations.

Inspectors with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture reported that Boyer’s Food Market, 500 W. Bertsch St., and Marco’s Pizza, 10 W. Ridge St., were out of compliance with the state’s food safety regulations.

Employees at Boyer’s and Marco’s said on Friday that they had corrected the violations noted in the reports.

During the Oct. 22 inspection at Boyer’s, the inspector observed that three food-contact surfaces — a meat grinder, a band saw in the meat room, and a can opener — were not clean to sight and touch; employee personal items located in the deli prep area; extreme ice buildup inside walk-in freezer; a need for increased oversight; uncovered pans of cooked chicken in a deli walk-in cooler; static dust was on fans in walk-in coolers; there was dirt was on the floor of the deli walk-in cooler; a door in the warehouse had a gap and did not protect against insects and animals entering.

During the inspection the can opener was cleaned, the personal items were stored correctly, and the uncovered chicken was removed and covered.

Boyer’s Vice President of Operations, Mike Zmitrovich, said all of the violations were corrected within two days of the inspection. A follow-up inspection is scheduled for next week.

The inspector also found eight violations at Marco’s Pizza during an inspection on Oct. 7. Three of the violations were corrected during the inspection.

During the Oct. 7 inspection at Marco’s, the inspector observed food employees in the kitchen area not wearing proper hair restraints; no chlorine sanitizer test strips to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration; residue on the deli slicer; failure to monitor the facility in compliance with the food code; no hand wash sink in the kitchen area; ready to eat food had no documentation to verify when it was to be disposed of; deli meats and cheeses not marked with the date they were opened; black dust collecting on fan guards inside a refrigerator.

During the inspection the slicer was cleaned and sanitized, the deli meats and cheeses were date marked, the fan guards were cleaned and the restaurant agreed to start using a log for pizza.

The restaurant was given seven days to correct the remaining violations. A department inspector said by phone on Thursday that the violations have been corrected and Marco’s is back in compliance. The follow-up inspection report was not available on the Department of Agriculture website.

Lansford Borough Council voted in August to have the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services take over food safety inspections in the borough. The borough’s health inspector resigned effective July 1.